 Ellen and Bill Sterett, 1944  Ellen and Carol |
I learned a hard lesson my senior year. I am very near sighted and have to wear glasses to see. Because of vanity, I would only wear them in class to do the required lessons. (no colored contacts in those days) I came home from school early in my senior year and told my mother I had lost my glasses. She told me she did not have the money to replace them and suggested that I go downtown to the optometrist and see what arrangements I could make. He was located close to the Elks on Evens Street. I did have my prescription so he said for $20.00 he would replace them. I told him all I had was $1.00 a week allowance so he agreed to make my glasses and give them to me if I would bring him a $1.00 a week for 20 weeks!!! That was what I did. No movies or popcorn for me. The lesson I learned was to ALWAYS look in the lost and found at school first. The last days of our senior year we were told to see what was in the Lost and Found and, behold, I found my old pair of glasses! |